OMAHA, Neb. - The Creighton men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to No. 23 Drake to open Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play at the Hanscom Tennis Center Saturday afternoon.

Creighton (6-5, 0-1 MVC) managed to claim the final point of the day against the nationally-ranked Bulldogs. Drake (19-2, 1-0 MVC) opened the day by sweeping the doubles point and later claimed five of six singles matches in the victory. The loss marked the first of the season for the Bluejays at home where they now stand at 4-1 in 2013.

Creighton’s Sean Mathison made his career debut at the No. 1 singles position against No. 123 James McKie of Drake. The senior dropped the first set to McKie 6-1 before the Bulldog closed out the match 6-2 in the second.

CU freshman Quinn Dippel claimed four games against Drake’s Ben Mullis in a 6-1, 6-3 downfall at No. 4 singles.

Creighton’s Anthony Rauschenbach claimed the final point of the match against Ryan Drake of DU in three sets on court six. The freshman topped Drake 6-4 in the first set before the Bulldog came back to win 6-3 in the second. Rauschenbach claimed the third-set superbreaker 10-7 to secure the win.

Creighton concludes a three-match home stand when it hosts Hastings at 5:30 p.m. CT Tuesday.